The Education of a Young Poet

by David Biespiel

Overview

This visually dynamic historical atlas chronologically covers American environmental history through the use of four-color maps, photos, and diagrams, and in written entries from well known scholars.

Organized into seven categories, each chapter covers: agriculture * wildlife and forestry * land use and management * technology and industry * pollution and human heath * human habitats * and ideology and politics.

With valuable reference aids—including bibliographies, sources for further research, an extensive index, and newly designed maps-this is an indispensable tool for students and educators alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781640091108
Publisher:	Counterpoint LLC
Publication date:	10/09/2018
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.00(d)

Table of Contents

	Preface	vii
Chapter 1	European Exploration and the Colonial Era (1492-1770s)
	Introduction	2
	Columbian Exchange	4
	Domestication of the Land: From Wilderness to Farmland	6
	Early American and Canadian Forests	8
	European Exploitation and Mapping the Land	10
	Commodification of Nature: Export of Resources to the Old World	12
	Pre-Contact: Indigenous Populations in the United States and Canada	14
	Spanish in Florida and the Southwest	16
	New England Agrarian Commonwealths	18
	Chesapeake Bay Region: Early Tobacco South	20
	The Seigneurial System in New France	22
	Relationship to the Land: Indigenous and European Views	24
Chapter 2	Expansion and Conflict (1770s-1850s)
	Introduction	26
	Farming in Southern Ontario	28
	Plantation Economy and Labor in the U.S. South	30
	The Fur Trade	32
	Great Lakes Timber	34
	Extermination of the Buffalo	36
	Public Land Policies: The U.S. Experience	38
	Crown Land Policies: The Canadian Experience	40
	The Age of Wood	42
	The Transportation Revolution	44
	Native Americans: Reservations and Relocations in the United States	46
	Canada's First Nations	48
	The Return to Nature: Transcendentalism and Utopian Communities	50
	Manifest Destiny and the Politics of U.S. Western Expansion	52
Chapter 3	Landscape of Industrialization (1850s-1920s)
	Introduction	54
	Agricultural Innovations and Technology	56
	The Frontier: Cattle Ranching	58
	Harvesting the Pacific Northwest Forests	60
	Rebirth of American Forests	62
	Exploitation of Raw Materials for Industry	64
	Gold and Silver Mining in the West	66
	The Impact of the Civil War	68
	Transcontinental Railroads	70
	Iron and Steel Production	72
	Water Supply and Wastewater Disposal in the United States	74
	Water Supply and Pollution in Canada	76
	Urbanization: Population Shifts and Migration Patterns	78
	The Built Environment in the City	80
	Social Darwinism and "Survival of the Fittest" in the United States	82
	City Beautiful Movement	84
	Romanticism of Nature: American and Canadian Writers and Artists	86
Chapter 4	The Conservation Era (1880s-1920s)
	Introduction	88
	Irrigation and Farming in the United States and Canada	90
	Forest Management: United States Forest Service	92
	Forest Management in Canada	94
	The Beginning of Wildlife Preservation in Canada	96
	Urban Parks and Landscape Architecture in the United States and Canada	98
	Winters v. U.S. and the Development of the Doctrine of Reserved Water Rights	100
	Appalachian Coal Mining	102
	Petroleum and the Early Oil Industry	104
	Urban Smoke Pollution in the United States	106
	The Canadian Commission of Conservation: Urban Planning	108
	The U.S. Conservation Movement	110
	The Conservation Movement in Canada	112
	The Origin of the Preservation Movement in the United States	114
	The Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909: An Expression of Progressivism	116
Chapter 5	From the Depression to Atomic Power (1930s-1960s)
	Introduction	118
	The Dust Bowl in the Great Plains	120
	Chemicalization of Agriculture in the United States	122
	Game Management	124
	Sustainable Forestry in British Columbia and Ontario	126
	Western Dams in the United States	128
	The Atom Bomb and Nuclear Power	130
	Consumer Goods: Plastics and Packaging	132
	The Evolution of Suburbia and the Federal Aid Highway Act	134
	The Rise of the Sunbelt	136
	U.S. Widerness Recreation	138
	Rachel Carson and Silent Spring	140
Chapter 6	The Rise of the Environmental Movement (1960s-1980s)
	Introduction	142
	Population Growth and Consumption	144
	Wilderness Act of 1964	146
	The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Dispute	148
	Canadian Dams and River Restorations	150
	Hazardous Wastes and Toxic Cleanup	152
	Contemporary Native American Land and Resource Rights in the United States	154
	The Energy Crisis and Nuclear Power	156
	Environmental Disasters	158
	Collapse of Inner Cities and Industrial Centers	160
	The Emergence of the U.S. Environmental Movement	162
	Pollution Probe: The Emergence of the Canadian Environmental Movement	164
	Environmental Diplomacy: The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement	166
	Anti-Environmentalism: The Sagebrush Rebellion	168
Chapter 7	Contemporary Environmentalism (1980s-Present)
	Introduction	170
	Alternative Agricultural Methods	172
	Sustainable Forestry in the United States	174
	Protecting Endangered Species and Habitats	176
	Canadian Fisheries: Loss of the Cod	178
	River Restoration in the United States	180
	Mississippi River Watershed	182
	Public Lands: The United States	184
	Public Lands: Canada	186
	Industries and Regulatory Strategies	188
	Drinking Water	190
	Environmental Justice	192
	Eco-Radicalism	194
	Environmental Diplomacy: Canada, the United States, and Acid Rain	196
	NAFTA and Environmental Side Agreements	198
	Corporate "Greenwashing"	200
	Globalization: From Rio de Janeiro to Johannesburg	202
	Timeline	204
	Bibliography	212
	List of Contributors	232
	Index	234

Editorial Reviews

Miller (history, Trinity Univ., San Antonio) has compiled a full-color atlas with accompanying text of the interconnected environmental history of the United States and Canada. Ranging from the precolonial era to the present, the seven chronological chapters are divided into six recurring thematic categories: agriculture; wildlife and forestry; land-use management; technology, industry, and pollution; human habitats; and ideology and politics. The text includes over 100 signed articles, each two pages long and nicely laid out with a brief bibliography and either a map, a photograph, or a table. Some maps point out geographic features such as dams, public lands, or mining regions; others show demographic changes such as urbanization patterns and shifts in agricultural trends. Charts and tables provide statistical information such as levels of pollution and acres of forest land burned in the 20th century. Concluding the work is a time line, an index, and an extensive bibliography, with references as recent as 2002. Although there is some coverage of Canadian environmental history, the bulk of the work focuses on the United States and illustrates how attitudes toward nature have developed and shifted through time. Written in clear and accessible language with superb illustrative material in vivid color, this unique resource is recommended for public, academic, and high school students in history and environmental studies.-Eva Lautemann, Georgia Perimeter Coll., Clarkston Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Gr 9 Up-While "atlas" is a misnomer, this is a highly useful volume. The seven chapters cover the exploitation of land, resources, and people that resulted in vast changes to both the landscape and the land use of a once pristine continent. Each one consists of a series of two-page signed essays focusing on a different period from the Columbian exchange through present-day environmental movements. The essays cover a wide variety of topics including industrialization, literary and artistic romanticism of nature, conservation, and contemporary globalization. Discussions always include both U.S. and Canadian aspects of the topic and often provide cross-references. Some visuals appear-color reproductions, photos, maps, graphs, or charts-as well as a short list of suggested additional reading. The nearly 20-page bibliography offers a wealth of choices for further research. An extensive time line is useful in placing events in historical context. This comprehensive work is an excellent resource and fills a gap on Canadian environmental history.-Eva Elisabeth VonAncken, Trinity-Pawling School, Pawling, NY Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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